Professors installed at IKOS

Do you want to know more about research in the humanities and social sciences at Linköping University? Here are the new professors at the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) presented. You are welcome to attend the next inaugural lecture, and to read about the research in the IKOS publication series.

The Department of Culture and Society (IKOS) was founded on 1 January 2020. We conduct education and research in the humanities, social sciences and aesthetic subjects. The research is interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, with the focus on culture, society and language. On this page you find information about the professors who have been installed at IKOS, as well as those to be installed in the near future.

IKOS inaugural lectures

A new professor at IKOS gives an inaugural lecture where they talk about their subject area and research. The lecture is part of installation in the position.

IKOS inaugural lectures are open to everyone and serve as a meeting place where we promote and discuss IKOS research. The lectures are given on campus in Norrköping or at Valla in Linköping. Upcoming installations will be advertised on this page.

After installation, the professor produces a written text, the content of which is based on their inaugural lecture, to be part of the IKOS publication series.

Interviews with the professors

Fleeing her country inspired migrant-focused research

Branka Likic-Brboric is a professor of Ethnicity and Migration at REMESO. Her research is shaped by her background and personal experiences. She is driven by a desire that terrible examples from history should not be repeated or amplified.

I want to inspire future officials and decision-makers

“Temporality is a loaded word, everyone is talking about it today. I was one of the first to research it” Zoran Slavnic is a professor of sociology at REMESO LiU, he conducts research and teaches in areas such as migration, integration and ethnicity.

Bodil Axelsson at Motala ström in Norrköping.

Cultural heritage is both everyday and political

What happens to our cultural heritage when it is digitalised? When versions of Viking-era jewelry circulate on Pinterest? When their colour, form and descriptions interact with the algorithms of the big platforms?

Series of publications

IKOS: Inaugural lectures

Read more about the research conducted at IKOS in our publication series of texts written by our professors.

IKOS: Inaugural lectures (we use the Swedish name; IKOS: Installationsföreläsningar) is a series of publications from the Department of Culture and Society, Linköping University. The texts are written by the department’s professors and are based on their inaugural lectures.

The series highlights and makes available some of the interdisciplinary and multifaceted research in the humanities and social sciences conducted at the department.

IKOS guest professors in the names of Moa Martinsson and Tage Danielsson also publish writings in the series after their inaugural lectures. They can be found on the page about the professorships.

Collage with two black-and-white photos. On the left, Tage Danielsson in a tuxedo smiling at the camera. On the right, Moa Martinson at her desk with a pen in hand.

Professorships in the humanities and social sciences

The Moa Martinson and Tage Danielsson professorships at Linköping University are intended for researchers in the humanities and social sciences, or those productive in the arts.

Publication list

A selection from IKOS: Installationer

Zoran Slavnic (2025)

Existens, temporalitet och mobilitet

Josefina Syssner (2025)

Geografens guide till glesbygden

David Ludvigsson (2024)

En meningsfull lokalhistoria? Forskning för akademi och lokalsamhälle

Gissur Ó Erlingsson (2023)

Spelet om kommunstrukturen

Claudia Tazreiter (2025)

What future for migration and borders?

Harald Wiltsche (2022)

Lifeworld and Science

The complete list of publications in the series

The complete list of publications in the series is available in DIVA.

Contact

More about the Department of Culture and Society

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.